Grate and fire-place cornice and mantel-protector



(No Model.)

' E. E. BRIDGERS.

GRATE AND FIRE PLACE GORNIGE AND MANTEL PROTEUTOR. Nb. 411,976. PatentedOct. 1, 1889.

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ELIZA EAGLES BRIDGERS, OF VVILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

GRATE AND FlRE-PLACE CORNICE AND MANTEL-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Iva 411,976, dated October1, 1889.

Apphcatio nfiled May 11,1889. $eria1 No. 310,867. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ELIZAEAGLES BRIDGERS, of W'ilmington, New Hanovercounty, North Carolina, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Grate and Fire-Place Cornices and Mantel-Protectors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention consists in anew and improved adjustable grate andfire-place cornice and mantel-protector, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevationshowing a mantel-piece having my invention in position. Fig. 2 is aperspective detail view of my mantel-protector and fire-place cornice,and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through the center of themiddle section of the protector.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Referring to the several parts by letter, A indicates a grate, B thegrate-frame, and O the mantel.

The object of my invention is to protect mantels-especially woodmantels-fro in heat and smoke, and also to protect lainbrequins andother objects on mantels from both heat and smoke; and to this end myinvention consists in the new and improved protector which will be nowset forth.

The top of my adjustable protector is adj ustable in length, beingformed in three pieces or sect-ionsa middle section D and endsections 1) D. These top sections are fiat, and are curved, bent downnear their front edges at D as shown, to render them more effective as ahood to protect the top of the mantel and the lambrequin or otherobjects on it from heat and smoke. The end sections D D have their frontand rear edges enlarged and strengthened bybeing bent over wires (1-,while the middle section D has its front and rear edges bent to formgrooves d, in which the edges of the end sections fit and slide, themiddle section fitting over the inner ends of the end sections, asshown.

In the top of the grate-frame B are secured retainingdiooks E, usuallythree in number. The upper ends of these hooks are preferably formedwith an annular groove or neck 6, leaving a head 6 at the hook end,which construction will assist in holding the protector on the hooks.Each of the three sections of the top is formed with an aperture D andin placing the protector in position the adjustable top is firstadjusted to suit the width of the grateframe around which the protectorfits by sliding the inner ends of the end sections D D in or out in themiddle section D, when the top is placed in position by passing the endsof retaining-hooks E up through the apertures D in the middle and endsections.

The side pieces of the protector are made adjustable in height byforming them in two sections-an upper section F and a lower section F.The side pieces are curved in on their outer edges from a point neartheir tops, as

shown,and the longitudinal edges of the tops F are bent in to formgrooves g, in which the longitudinal edges g of the lower sections F,which are bent over to-thicken and strengthen them, fit and slide. Theside pieces are connected to the top of the protector by a slidejointformed by flanges D on the outer ends of the end sections D D, overwhich the upper ends of the sides, which are bent over to form grooves Fslide. The top being adjusted and fixed on the hooks E, as described,the side pieces are placed in position by sliding the ends of theirupper sections over the flanged outer ends of the top,when the lowersections F are drawn down to the proper length to suit the height of thegrate-frame, and secured by nails or screws G, passing through aperturesF in the lower ends of sections F and into the grate-frame.

It will be seen from the foregoing that my protector can be adjusted tofit any size grate and mantel; that it can be readily applied, and willbe held firmly in its operative position.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, lS-

1. A 1nantel-protector consisting of an ad justable top formed of themiddle section 1), bent down near its front edge, and the end sections DD, bent down near their front edges and having the outerupwardlyextending end flanges D and the adjustable and remov- [o tures Dand the outer upwardly-extending end flanges D, the adjustable, Sidesformed of the lower sections F',having theapertures F and the uppersections formed with the upper end grooves and the retaining-screws,substantially as set forth.

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PRESTON LOUIS BRIDGERS, J OHN J AMES OLEMMoNs.

